Background and recording So Gone

missy elliott crafted gone along production duo spike & jamahl.

gone written , produced rapper missy elliott along kenneth cunningham , jamahl rye duo spike & jamahl. recorded demacio castellon @ hit factory criteria in miami, florida, song mixed scott kieklak, while marcella araica , javier valeverde both assisted in audio engineering of gone . backing vocals track recorded monica, additional vocals provided fellow r&b singer tweet. built around prominent sample 1976 song number 1 , performed american vocal group whispers, writer zyah ahmonuel holds partial songwriter credits on song.

the record 1 out of 3 elliott-produced additions partially re-worked after storm album, commissioned j records head , executive producer clive davis after elliott s 2002 success fourth studio album, under construction, , delay of monica s original third studio album, eyez on me, year before. conceived during studio session week in goldmind recordings studios in miami in 2003, of being done in 3 or 4 hours. speaking sound, monica said in interview mtv news: gone takes when people first heard me. s got feeling no holds barred, not trying cater 1 audience. recorded re-release of eyez on me, later featured on re-tooled after storm album only.

lyrically, gone protagonist sings losing mind on unfaithful man. song saying m gone m not thinking straight, monica told jet magazine. because m pretty hard. [missy elliott] may have taken of real life me , put song. elliott proposed singer start rapping on record — venture, become second nature her: missy kept telling me act rapper encouraged me rap on gone , knock knock . put rhythms. elliott protégé, singer tweet, , frequent collaborator, rapper busta rhymes, joined recording sessions provide vocals remix version of song,

which later included outro on after storm.